Kaba Case Study - Goodrich Aerostructures

AutoTime and SAP R/3:  A Perfect Fit for Goodrich Aerostructures

Background

Goodrich Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, is a global supplier of systems and services to the aerospace and defense markets. The Goodrich Aerostructures Group expertly builds on this operating history of nearly 140 years, a relationship that parallels the tradition, expertise and experience that Kaba Workforce Solutions brings from the Kaba Group, a 145 year old leader in the security industry.Goodrich Aerostructures, the largest division of Goodrich Corporation, made a strategic decision to replace their existing legacy data collection system with SAP R/3. The implementation would cover six large facilities, four in North America and two in Europe. In total close to 5,000 employees would be incorporated into the new solution.
From the beginning Goodrich Aerostructures established an extremely aggressive “go live” date for all modules to be up and running. With just a year from start to finish it had to be done right the first time.

Challenge

Shortly after Goodrich began mapping out all the requirements it was determined that it would need to complement SAP R/3 with a robust shop floor data collection system. This system would need to provide real time visibility of labor against projects, and production orders, as well as be able to calculate gross pay. Their existing system, which had been custom developed over twenty plus years of use, had been fine tuned to meet precise requirements. The new solution would be required to:

• Provide real time labor collection and costing
• Capture multiple, simultaneous labor events
• Allow for group labor reporting
• Configure to complex union and work rules (Payroll)
• Support multiple clients (e.g., RF, PCs, Shop Floor)
• Create a net audit trail for the DCAA

Solution

The Goodrich team evaluated several options in the marketplace prior to reaching a unanimous conclusion: Kaba Workforce Solutions’ AutoTime 6 was the only one that could meet Goodrich’s demanding functional requirements. Among the key AutoTime attributes was that it had a proven and stable bi-directional SAP R/3 interface to Production Planning, Project Systems, and Plant Maintenance modules

“None of the other time and labor shop floor systems came close to AutoTime in terms of functionality for complex labor and connectivity to SAP R/3. Furthermore, we received tremendous support from the Kaba Workforce Solutions’ team that ensured that the AutoTime implementation came in on time and on budget.”
George Scarcelli, Director

Eight months later Goodrich Aerostructures went live with SAP R/3 and AutoTime, in one of the largest, most complex implementations in the Aerospace and Defense market space.

About Kaba Workforce Solutions (KBM)

Kaba Workforce Solutions (KBM) is a wholly-owned operating subsidiary of publicly listed Kaba Holding AG, (SWISS:KABN) located in Switzerland. KBM is a global provider of enterprise workforce management and access control solutions. As a company KBM places primary focus on time and attendance, workforce scheduling, data visualization and analytics, regulatory compliance, employee self-service and fixed/mobile data collection solutions. Seamless, dependable and secure integration is provided with SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle/PeopleSoft, Cincom Manufacturing Business Solutions, and other leading enterprise-class business systems. KBM can be
contacted in North America at 954.416.1720 or at www.kaba-benzing-usa.com.

About the Kaba Group

The Kaba Group is one of the world’s leading players in the security industry. An internationally active, listed company, it employs staff in more than 60 countries. Kaba provides innovative, comprehensive access control solutions for buildings, facilities and sites as well as solutions for staff and enterprise data collection, which meets client’s needs for security, organization and convenience. The company is a key expert and technology leader for a range of security solutions. Kaba can look back on more than 145 years of tradition. Further information may be obtained at www.kaba.com.